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November 2, 2012
Who is the worst civil liberties president in US history? | Glenn Greenwald
Where do the abuses of the last decade from Bush and Obama rank when compared to prior assaults in the name of war?
The following interesting question arose yesterday from what at first appeared to be some petty Twitter bickering: who was the worst president for civil liberties in US history? That question is a difficult one to answer because it is so reliant upon which of many valid standards of measurement one chooses; it depends at least as much on the specific rights which one understands...
Who is the worst civil liberties President in US history? | Glenn Greenwald
Where do the abuses of the last decade from Bush and Obama rank when compared to prior assaults in the name of war?
The following interesting question arose yesterday from what at first appeared to be some petty Twitter bickering: who was the worst president for civil liberties in US history? That question is a difficult one to answer because it is so reliant upon which of many valid standards of measurement one chooses; it depends at least as much on the specific rights which one understands...
October 31, 2012
Impressive integrity from two New York Times writers over BBC scandal | Glenn Greenwald
Margaret Sullivan and Joe Nocera raise troubling questions about their own paper's incoming president and CEO, Mark Thompson
Over the past month, two New York Times columnists have displayed brave and extraordinary journalistic integrity that deserves commendation. Both instances pertain to the still-growing scandal that BBC senior executives suppressed the media outlet's own investigation into the alleged serial pedophilia of Jimmy Savile, one of Britain's most beloved TV celebrities whose hi...
October 30, 2012
Various items | Glenn Greenwald
Looking back at Obama's first term; exploitative smears from neocons and Democrats; a tactic of lawlessness from the justice department
A fairly miserable flu is preventing me from writing much today, so instead I will point you to several items I think are worth reading:
(1) The devastation from Hurricane Sandy is remarkable. The Guardian has live, ongoing coverage here, while Salon has compiled a slideshow of some of the most extraordinary photos of the post-storm destruction. There are all s...
October 28, 2012
US detention of Imran Khan part of trend to harass anti-drone advocates | Glenn Greenwald
The vindictive humiliation of Pakistan's most popular politician shows the US government's intolerance for dissent
Imran Khan is, according to numerous polls, the most popular politician in Pakistan and may very well be that country's next Prime Minister. He is also a vehement critic of US drone attacks on his country, vowing to order them shot down if he is Prime Minister and leading an anti-drone protest march last month.
On Saturday, Khan boarded a flight from Canada to New York in order to...
October 26, 2012
Journalism in the Obama age shows the real media bias | Glenn Greenwald
A new Rolling Stone interview with the president shows subservience to power, not partisan favor, is what drives the press corps
Last month, Vanity Fair featured a major profile of President Obama by Michael Lewis, who was given what the New York Times called "rare" and "extraordinary access". Lewis "conducted multiple interviews with the president"; "rode in the official presidential limousine"; "was given a special lapel pin that identified him to the Secret Service as someone who was allowe...
Journalism in the Obama age shows the real media bias
A new Rolling Stone interview with the president shows subservience to power, not partisan favor, is what drives the press corps
Last month, Vanity Fair featured a major profile of President Obama by Michael Lewis, who was given what the New York Times called "rare" and "extraordinary access". Lewis "conducted multiple interviews with the president"; "rode in the official presidential limousine"; "was given a special lapel pin that identified him to the Secret Service as someone who was allowe...
October 24, 2012
Obama moves to make the War on Terror permanent | Glenn Greenwald
Complete with a newly coined, creepy Orwellian euphemism – 'disposition matrix' – the administration institutionalizes the most extremist powers a government can claim
(updated below - Update II - Update III)
A primary reason for opposing the acquisition of abusive powers and civil liberties erosions is that they virtually always become permanent, vested not only in current leaders one may love and trust but also future officials who seem more menacing and less benign.
The Washington Post has a...
October 23, 2012
Joe Klein's sociopathic defense of drone killings of children | Glenn Greenwald
Reflecting the Obama legacy and US culture, the Time columnist says: "the bottom line is: 'whose 4-year-olds get killed?'"
(updated below)
On MSNBC's Morning Joe program this morning, which focused on Monday's night presidential debate, the former right-wing Congressman and current host Joe Scarborough voiced an eloquent and impassioned critique of President Obama's ongoing killing of innocent people in the Muslim world using drones. In response, Time Magazine's Joe Klein, a stalwart Obama supp...
October 22, 2012
Presidential debate on foreign policy: live Glenn Greenwald commentary
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney engage in titanic struggle to locate major differences between each other
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Tonight at 9pm EST, the GOP and Democratic presidential candidates will participate in a "debate" over foreign policy, in which the most difficult challenge for each will be to identify meaningful differences with the other. One expects them each to compete vigorously for the title of he who will will impose the greatest suf...
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